#35879B#35879B

#35879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.084 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35879B
RGB	rgb(53, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -18.23, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 25.62, 224.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.067 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.084 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0461, 20.4497, 34.1055)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35879B #9B4935

analogous

#359B7C #35879B #35549B

triadic

#35879B #9B3587 #879B35

tetradic

#35879B #7C359B #9B4935 #549B35

square

#35879B #7C359B #9B4935 #549B35

split-complementary

#35879B #9B3554 #9B7C35

monochromatic

#163840 #255F6D #35879B #4CAAC2 #79C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#35879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#35879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #35879B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35879B	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.084 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aab8',
    500: '#35879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35879b;
$custom-light: #78aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58191,
    "c": 0.08364,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35879B

secondary

#BA8072

accent

#6A4FD9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #35879B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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